Introducing NASA Astronaut Anil Menon | International Space Station
NASA astronaut Anil Menon is making his first trip to the International Space Station as part of Expeditions 74/75. Menon brings a wealth of experience as an emergency medicine physician, mechanical engineer, and colonel in the United States Space Force. He previously served as a crew flight surgeon for both SpaceX flights and NASA expeditions aboard the station, monitoring astronaut health before, during, and after their missions. Now, Menon looks forward to expanding his knowledge of aerospace medicine as he experiences space firsthand as an astronaut.
A Russian Soyuz 2.1a rocket launched to the International Space Station with Expedition 75 crewmembers: NASA astronaut Anil Menon, Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov, and Anna Kikina onboard, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The trio will spend about eight months aboard the orbiting laboratory before returning to Earth in spring 2027.
After a two-orbit, three-hour trip to the station, their Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft will automatically dock at 1:56 p.m. to the Prichal module. Shortly afterward, hatches will open between the Soyuz and the orbiting laboratory.
Once aboard, the trio will join NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, and Chris Williams, European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, Sergei Mikaev, and Andrey Fedyaev of Russia.
During his expedition, Menon will conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations intended to help humans prepare for future exploration missions to the Moon and Mars, and to provide benefits on Earth. Among the hundreds of experiments planned during his mission, he will participate in studies to better understand astronaut vein structure, blood flow, and blood composition in microgravity. He also will test producing intravenous fluids using the space station’s potable water.
The Soyuz MS-29 mission will be his first spaceflight after he was selected as part of NASA’s 2021 astronaut class. A native of Minneapolis, Menon is an emergency medicine physician, mechanical engineer, and colonel in the United States Space Force. He also has served as an expedition flight surgeon supporting the agency’s crew members aboard the space station.
NASA astronaut Anil Menon's Official Biography:
For more than 25 years, people have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and making research breakthroughs not possible on Earth. The space station helps NASA understand and overcome the challenges of human spaceflight, expand commercial opportunities in low Earth orbit, and build on the foundation for long-duration missions to the Moon, as part of the Artemis program, and to Mars.
An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.
To learn more about International Space Station research, operations, and its crews, visit:
Video Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center
Duration: 4 minutes, 23 seconds
Release Date: July 14, 2026
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